thats the dumbest thing i ever heard...unless theres some kinda hidden law on sales tax in the US it depends on the state where you buy it not the state where you live

 

yep. you pay the tax of the county you live in for cars.

 

i live in Mass not sure the percentage but i bought my car here and paid a sales tax of $1200 on a $24k WRX. now if i had gone to NH where there is no such thing as sales tax it wouldnt matter that i lived in mass cause im buying the car from a NH dealer

 

You are incorrect. I also live in MA, and the reason that the entire state doesn't flock to Nashua to buy cars is because you pay sales tax based on the town you live in. That's just how it works, sorry.

 

The sales tax gets paid at the registry if I remember correctly. And, if it is a used vehicle, you pay according to the book value that the registry has, not the final sale price.

For instance,

My wife and I bought her a car last year. We purchased it from friends who knew us, and struck a deal. It was worth 1500-1800, but we paid 1200. But we paid the sales tax at the registry at I believe 1900 give or take a few bucks. It doesn't matter where you live, but where you register the car.

Also on a side note,

In MA there is an old law on the books called a "use" tax. If you buy an item anywhere else, bring it home to MA, and use it, you have to pay a use tax of the difference if you could have bought that item in MA. So if you go to NH to buy that fridge/TV/ATV, and pay no tax on it, you are "supposed" to declare it on you yearly filing.

I know that they don't usually enforce it, until you have something big, like a boat you use in NH, then store at home in MA, they will enforce it.

Which makes me wonder why the State doesn't reimburse me 2% when I buy stuff in Maine at 7%,

Cheap !@#%#%

 

yea so pretty much only way around the tax is to register it in a state that doesnt have a sales tax